Daniel hodgman



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL I-IODGMAN, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

OVERSI-IOE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 2,504, dated March 23, 1842.

To aZZ whom t may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL HODGMAN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Overshoes, and that the following is a full and eXact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specication, in which- Figure 1, is a side view of shoe, with screw fastening attached; Fig. 2, perspective of heel plate and screw.

Between the lining and outside of the counter of an over shoe, (made of leather or India rubber in the usual way), insert a thin metallic plate, which curves around to the form of the heel; this plate is about an inch high behind, and gradually tapered off to a point on each side; from the lower edge, two pieces a, a, project out horizontally which pass in between the outer and `inner sole, and hold the plate steady, near the top at b, there is attached a nut, which projects through the outer leather, as will be seen in Fig.V l. j Z): into this nut a common thumb screw c, is fitted, having a sharp point projecting inward, so that when the over shoe is drawn on to a boot or shoe, and the screw turned the point will be driven into the heel of the boot or shoe and fasten the over shoe firmly thereto, without the usual strap and buckle.

Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The inserting a screw into the counter of an overshoe, in the manner, and for the purpose, above described.

DANIEL HODGMAN.

Witnesses:

I-I. C. JONES, ROBERT F. WINsLow. 

